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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2014
Applicant:
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
David Carter, Concord, MA (US);
Marc S. Weinberg, Needham, MA (US);
Eugene H. Cook, Melrose, MA (US);
Peter Miraglia, Weymouth, MA (US);
Assignee:
THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/04 (2006.01); F04B 19/00 (2006.01); G01C 19/06 (2006.01); F04D 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00198 (2013.01); F04B 19/006 (2013.01); F04D 25/00 (2013.01); F16C 33/04 (2013.01); G01C 19/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a rotary device includes a multiwall nanotube that extends substantially perpendicularly from a substrate. A rotor may be coupled to an outer wall of the multiwall nanotube, be spaced apart from the substrate, and be free to rotate around an elongate axis of the multiwall nanotube.